The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-03-09
THE AGRICULTURAL AND ME-
~ CHANICAL COLLEGE.

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The following is a synopsis of
the bill which passed the Legislature
on last Thursday, establishing the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege:
Section 1. That the Industrial
School be denominated ''The North
Carolina College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts and shall be located
on the lands donated by R. Stanhope
Pullen, near the city of Raleigh.
Sec. g The leading object of this
college shall be, without excluding
other scientific and mechanical
studies, to teach such branches of
learning as are related to agriculture
and the mechanic arts, in order to
promote the liberal and practical
education of the industrial classes
in the several pursuits and profess
sions of life.
Sec. 3. The management and con-
troll of the said college and the care
and preservation of all it's property
shall be vested in board of trustees
to be composed Of the board of agri-
culture of North Carolina, and five
other persons who shall be appoint
ed by the Governor, by and with
the consent of the Senate, who shall
have power to appoint it's president,
instructors and as many other Off
GERS or servants as to them shall
appear necessary and proper; and
shall fix their salaries and prescribe
their duties: Provided, That the
board of trustees shall be composed
half of each political party.
Sec. +. The certificates of indebt-
edness of this State for $125,OO0,
issued for the principal Of the land
scrip fund to the trustees Of the
University of North Carolina, shall
be transferred on the 18th day Of
June, 1888, or as soon thereafter as
it shall appear that the Agricultural
and Mechanical College is ready to
receive the interest on the land
scrip fund, and that the principal Of
the fund will not in any way be
compromised by such as transfer to
the said board of trustees for the
benefit of the said North Carolina
College of A griculture and Mechanic
Arts.
Sec. 5. That the directors of the
North Carolina State Penitentiary
shall be required to furnish free Of
charge all brick and stone requisite
for the necessary buildings Of the
said college, and to furnish convict
labor for the preparation Of the
grounds and the foundations, the
erections of the said buildings, and
for such other purposes in connec-
ton with the establishment of the
said college, as they may be able.
Sec. 6. That the board of agricul-
ture shall turn over the board of trus-
tees Of the said college: as provided
in this act, to be applied to the
establishment, maintenance and
enlargement of the said college, all
funds, land, material and other pro-
perty which have accumulated in
their hands for the establishment Of
an Industrial School, under chapter
3O8, laws of 1885, and annually here
after the whole residue Of their
funds, from licenses on fertilizers
remaining over and not required to
conduct the regular work Of that
department. The agricultural ex-
pertinent and fertilizer control sta
ton, already established under the
management OF the said board Of
agriculture, shall be connected with
the said college and the board Of
agriculture may turn over to the
said trustees in whole or part, for
the purposes of the said college, any
buildings, lands, laboratories, muse
ums or other property which may
be in their possession, as in their
judgment may be thought proper.
Sec. Z. The use of the three hun
dred acres of land, more or less,
known as the Camp Mangum tract,
belonging to the State of North
Carolina and situated one-half mile
west of the state fair grounds, is
hereby given to the said board of
trustees for the benefit Of said Col
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